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Crow and Pigeon decoys together?


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The land I'm currently shooting on has a fair number of crows/rooks as well as Wood Pigeons.

 

At the moment I'm just using pigeon decoys, although I've shot a few of the crows, by standing under their flightline and taking some high passing-over shots with a 12b.

 

Question is - Can I also put out a few full shell crow decoys with my Pigeon decoys (15 full shells and a rotor) in order to try and attract both crows and Pigeons, or will this scare the pigeons? would it work?

 

If I look on the surrounding oilseed rape fields there are usually crows/rooks on the field, if there are already pigeons feeding, but I don't know if the pigeons generally try to avoid the crows?

 

Although my main interest is in the Woodies. It would be great to be able to get a decent mixed bag of pigeons and crows (saying that, at the moment, it would be good to get a decent bag of just pigeons :laugh: )

 

Thanks,

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This topic has been discussed before and seems to be a matter of personal belief.

 

I don,t think crows and wood pigeons feed on the same things and therefore are not attracted, or repelled, by each other.

 

I have heard that a single crow decoy gives pigeons confidence, as the crow has a reputation for being extra wary.

I can,t see how pigeons would know this, even if it were true.

 

I have shot crows using crow decoys (no pigeons came to the decoys).

I have shot pigeons using pigeon decoys (no crows came to the decoys).

 

No doubt other people have had different experiences. :P

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I usually put out half a dozen crow deeks out to the edge of a pigeon pattern ,approx 10\15 yds away, this works ok for me.

also if the pigeons have been scarce i have put a couple of crows on the rotor and had some good days on them.

needless to say keep them in range but away from the hide .

i also use a crow caller but think it needs a little more practice on my part ,but i have drawn the odd one over  using it .

  regards sutty :P

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